Turn one leg right side out. Slide it down into the other leg. Pin from the top to the crotch and sew the seam in one continuous set of stitches. (If that doesn’t make any sense check out the tutorial for the Romper and/or Skort. It has a better pic of this step.)

Turn them right side out and this is what you should have! :)

Step 10-

Pin one side of the back bodice to one side of the front bodice. If your fabric has a right and a wrong side, make sure to put right sides together.

Sew the seam and press.

Now do the other side.

Step 11 –

Pin the shoulders together and sew the seam. Press! (Always press the seams. Sometimes I might forget to say to…LOL)

Step 12 –

Pin some pleats into the top front of the bodice. Run a line of straight stitches to hold them in place. ;)

Step 13 –

Press over a bit on the sides of your lace. Make sure to line up the scallops on the bottom so your won’t have anything showing.

Sew a line of stitches down the sides.

Step 14 –

Fold over about a 1/2 inch from the top and press.

Step 15 –

Place your lace over the front of the bodice, positioning it to where you would like it to be. Very carefully cut out the neckline. If you have a rotary cutter I would definitely use that for this part. ;)

Step 16 –

Pin the lace and stitch it to the bodice.

Step 17 –

One thing that I should have done that I didn’t do here is finish the edges of the back bodice. You should do that… LOL Then pin 1 1/2 ” of the edges to the inside and press. Leave the pins there for a sec.

Step 18 –

Pin your bias tape all along the top of the bodice. You can then remove the pins from the back bodice. Sew the bias tape to the neckline. :) Press!

Step 19 –

Pin the bias tape around the armholes and sew it in place! Press!

As you can see, Bonnie was “helping”……

Step 20 –

Pin the back bodice from the bottom to about 1/2 way up. Sew the seam and press!

Step 21 –

Place your button at the very top of the back bodice. Placing in one the bias tape gives it a much more sturdy backing. Sew your button.

Step 22 –

Cut a piece of 1/4″ elastic. The measurement will depend on the size of your button. It will need to slip over the button and remain in place.

Next, sew the 2 ends of the elastic to the back bodice opposite the side with the button.

This is what it will look like when the loop is over the button.

Step 23 –

Now, turn your bodice inside out, slip it over the shorts and pin. I pinned some pleats in the bottom of the bodice along the lines of the top pleats. Sew your seam and press!!

Turn it right side out and pin the bias tape around the leg bottoms. Sew it on and press!

You could certainly leave it here if you want to.

But if you want to keep going……….

Step 24 –

Now, take your collar pieces and pin them together. Sew very slowly and carefully along the scalloped side, leaving the straight side open.

Trim the seams and clip very carefully at the curves.

Turn right side out, making sure to poke all the little curves out and press.

Step 25 –

Pin your collar where you would like it to sit, wrapping the straight edge over and under the neckline. Sew it in place and press!

Step 26 –

Take your other button and sew it into the middle of the 2 collar pieces.

Oh!!! And if you like, you could always add elastic at the waist. To find out how check out this tutorial – Pajama Romper I may be adding that element to this one… Not sure yet. I guess I will leave it up to c1. She’s the one that will be wearing it! ;)